New to collecting. Is this pontil?

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EvansBottles

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The iron pontil and open pontil went out of use about 1858. In the Philadelphia/south jersey area at least.
The use of the snap case which produced smooth base bottles. Quickly over took the industry across the country.
So basically no pontils after 1860.
 

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Until you said it had no embossing, I would've sworn it was a "Clarke & Co. New York" mineral water. Beauty nonetheless.
 

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